BROADCASTS.com

Melissa Bond is a narrative journalist, poet, and matriarch of Salt Lake City\u2019s Slam Scene. The Salt Lake Tribune and the New York Post have both done features on Bond's book Blood Orange Night, her memoir about becoming dependent upon and then withdrawing from Benzodiazepines. Blood Orange Night was published by Simon & Schuster in June 2022 and was selected by the New York Times as one of the best audiobooks of 2022. Bond has been featured on PBS Story in the Public Square, Radio West, the podcasts Risk!, Endeavors, Psychology Unplugged, The New York Times\xa0\nPodcasts, RadioWest and Moms Don\u2019t Have Time to Read Books.\n\nListen in to hear Melissa share:\n\nHow a very common medical prescription for insomnia led to full physical dependence on benzodiazepines that led to her rapid physical and mental downward spiral\n\nHow she was able to begin to put together the pieces around her unforeseen medication dependence after narrowly escaping harming herself and her daughter in a fall\n\nHer discovery that her myriad of strange physical and mental health symptoms were actually her going through medication withdrawal every single day\n\nHer decision to confront the doctor who massively overprescribed benzodiazepines to her\n\nHow the Benzo Harmed Community relates differently to common terminology around addiction\xa0\n\nHow the \u201cshadow of shame\u201d impacts people\u2019s recoveries from substance use, substance dependence, and substance abuse\n\nHer advice to moms who are mentally or physically suffering with the demands of motherhood and how they can get help from medical professionals in the most safe and trusting way\n\n\nLinks mentioned:\n\nConnect with Melissa: www.melissaabond.com\n\n\nMelissa\u2019s Book: Blood Orange Night\n\n\nMelissa on Instagram\n\nMelissa on Facebook\n\n\nWe love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: https://shamelessmom.com/sponsor\nInterested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices